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well, you could certainly identify with what kathleen sebelius went through. a former governor of kansas put on the spotlight. what is your perspective from florida, where a lot of people are complaining, for instance, about being kicked off their current insurance. i know you have been a supporter of obama care, but this rollout, could this have been prevented? >> well, obviously kathleen sebelius, who did a very good job today, i thought, took responsibility for the implementation that didn't take place that she hoped had taken place. i would say this. it's difficult to explain to people why someone would get a letter that says we're taking you off your health insurance, and in florida they actually said, but you're going to be able to get better health insurance because you're going to be able to apply for this new health insurance. you're not going to lose the one you have until you have the opportunity to sign up for the affordable care act. here at least, i think blue cross blue shield in particular was careful in their correspondence. but it's very diff
well, you could certainly identify with what kathleen sebelius went through. a former governor of kansas put on the spotlight. what is your perspective from florida, where a lot of people are complaining, for instance, about being kicked off their current insurance. i know you have been a supporter of obama care, but this rollout, could this have been prevented? >> well, obviously kathleen sebelius, who did a very good job today, i thought, took responsibility for the implementation that...
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you'll see kathleen sebelius tomorrow. the president will be in massachusetts tomorrow as well talking about health care. the fundamental problem here is that you had a president who went out on the stump when he was campaigning and talking about health care who over and over and over again said if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. it seemed now that isn't true. we had a lot of stories starting to flood the zone here at this point with people saying their premiums are going up, they've been canceled from the health insurance plans they had and liked. people saying that they get obama care, the doctor that's actually in their -- in the hospital isn't actually taking these plans. the problem is there isn't counter stories about successful signups from obama care, so this administration has a real problem on their hands. of course, now you have these democratic senators, particularly in these red states saying they want to extend the sign-update. this has been a real disaster. and you wonder
you'll see kathleen sebelius tomorrow. the president will be in massachusetts tomorrow as well talking about health care. the fundamental problem here is that you had a president who went out on the stump when he was campaigning and talking about health care who over and over and over again said if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. it seemed now that isn't true. we had a lot of stories starting to flood the zone here at this point with people saying their...
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you're on the committee that will question kathleen sebelius on wednesday. what does she have to say? how do you think the administration starts to turn this around? >> thank you for having me this morning. i think carl hit the nail on the head a moment ago. the affordable care act is the law of the land, it's fully operational. we have experienced some very difficult glitches with the website. it's embarrassing, but we're going to fix it. there are four components to the website. we had hearings last week and the different vendors testified that each one of these components was working properly, but when they were integrated in an end-to-end test they did not produce the results that we need. so the website has been recalled for repair, but it will be back out the door by november 30th and all of our uninsured americans can then sign up and get ready for full coverage. >> well, if that happens, as you've suggested, as we saw bill clinton suggest, let's talk about the second challenge here, and i want to put up a "new york times" headline. quote, health site
you're on the committee that will question kathleen sebelius on wednesday. what does she have to say? how do you think the administration starts to turn this around? >> thank you for having me this morning. i think carl hit the nail on the head a moment ago. the affordable care act is the law of the land, it's fully operational. we have experienced some very difficult glitches with the website. it's embarrassing, but we're going to fix it. there are four components to the website. we had...
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i want watch some of this hearing today with kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary. georgia congressman, your doctor, you can't tell me you've read this law. marsha blackburn, we're not going to let you off the hook either. i think these republicans out to come out, raise their right hand and say i have read obama care, first page to last page. they wouldn't oh be bringing up these issues if they knew. it is clearly stated in the law about what happens to people who are going to lose the junk insurance. but the republicans have taken it, and they hoodwinked some of the people in the mainstream media to believe this is really a bad deal, and what obama is really doing is, well, he's screwing you. come on, folks. this is about moving america forward. john f. kennedy, we played a clip of him last night on this program from 50 years ago, talking about how other industrialized countries around the world are ahead of us. and they're still ahead of us. this is the catch-up mode. this is america getting the game for the american people. this is protecting consumers. the pre
i want watch some of this hearing today with kathleen sebelius, the health and human services secretary. georgia congressman, your doctor, you can't tell me you've read this law. marsha blackburn, we're not going to let you off the hook either. i think these republicans out to come out, raise their right hand and say i have read obama care, first page to last page. they wouldn't oh be bringing up these issues if they knew. it is clearly stated in the law about what happens to people who are...
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i'd also like to know from kathleen sebelius, how am i going to respond? i'm getting thousands of requests from reaching out to my office, telling me that their health care premiums are going up and their health care plan they have is being canceled. >> nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander joins us. based on what that one member of congress wants to ask, you have a laundry list. it's going to be a hot one on k will be speaking and president obama simultaneously to massachusetts, they implemented something to obama care in 2007-2008. white house advisers say we're okay here. we expect most signups to happen in later months. if you take the example of massachusetts, only 123 people signed up in the first month. that's .3% of the entirety of the signups there. there are other issues that are frustrating americans, including sticker shock. a lot of americans who believe they could keep their present plan, because they do not meet the minimum standards required by the president's health care law, are forced to have their plan canceled or changed or s
i'd also like to know from kathleen sebelius, how am i going to respond? i'm getting thousands of requests from reaching out to my office, telling me that their health care premiums are going up and their health care plan they have is being canceled. >> nbc's white house correspondent peter alexander joins us. based on what that one member of congress wants to ask, you have a laundry list. it's going to be a hot one on k will be speaking and president obama simultaneously to...
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even if kathleen sebelius was taken away by martians tomorrow. if they could get her to resign. if they can get the entire administration of barack obama to resign. the affordable care act is law. and what we still haven't gotten to is acceptance of the fact of this act having passed, having passed scrutiny by the supreme court. it will exist no matter how many people they grill on their committees. >> okay. professor dyson, republicans are focused on the horror that people will be forced to get better care than they currently have. >> that's correct. >> and i would like you to take a listen to this. >> analysis has shown that if you're between 18 and 34 right now, about half of the people can get high-quality health care for less than 50 bucks a month. less than your cell phone bill, less than your cable bill. and about 70% can get it for less than 100 bucks a month. >> but here's the point, professor dyson. that's what the koch brothers are spending hundreds of millions of dollars on preventing young people from doing. preventing young people from taking it up. >> absolutely.
even if kathleen sebelius was taken away by martians tomorrow. if they could get her to resign. if they can get the entire administration of barack obama to resign. the affordable care act is law. and what we still haven't gotten to is acceptance of the fact of this act having passed, having passed scrutiny by the supreme court. it will exist no matter how many people they grill on their committees. >> okay. professor dyson, republicans are focused on the horror that people will be forced...
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. >> kathleen sebelius. >> we were wrong. we must fix it. >> a few committee members. >> had their rehearsed one-liner. >> to be played on cable news. >> some people like to drive a ford not a ferrari. >> has a man ever delivered a baby. >> of come on in the water is fine. >> toto, we are not in kansas. >> the proverbial, we are not in kansas any more. >> you are from kansas. we are not in kansas anymore. >> you clearly, whatever. >> we are working overtime to improve it every day. >> that's good news. >> this is the hall where. >> mitt romney. >> pick any other republican in the country. >> he did the right thing on health care. >> he is the worst republican in the country. >> we are in this together. and we are going to see it through. we are going to see this through! [ cheers and applause ] >> so sorry that we can't afford the rights to clips of wizard of oz. the secretary of health and human services faced hours of questions at a house committee hearing today about affordable care act. president obama by passed congress
. >> kathleen sebelius. >> we were wrong. we must fix it. >> a few committee members. >> had their rehearsed one-liner. >> to be played on cable news. >> some people like to drive a ford not a ferrari. >> has a man ever delivered a baby. >> of come on in the water is fine. >> toto, we are not in kansas. >> the proverbial, we are not in kansas any more. >> you are from kansas. we are not in kansas anymore. >> you clearly,...
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i know kathleen sebelius. i trust her, i would imagine going before the committee an repeating what the director has said here can't be good for the administration and ultimately won't be good in the short and intermediate term for the program, itself. democrats and republicans will have to tinker with this and make changes over time. the real question comes from me. if, indeed -- >> it's like the titanic, you tinker your way through the fog. the question becomes if and when the president has to delay the individual pan date. obvious -- mandate. the question was that didn't come. we didn't see any coverage from that from the director. >> john, miss tavenner said the argument we almost heard for a month, the crushing load of demand, obama care is what caused the program through this website. she, too, it wasn't just kathleen sebelius, she said cgi federal is to blame. you think they're glad they took this contract at this point? they have been thrown under the bus again and again. >> that doesn't pass the smell
i know kathleen sebelius. i trust her, i would imagine going before the committee an repeating what the director has said here can't be good for the administration and ultimately won't be good in the short and intermediate term for the program, itself. democrats and republicans will have to tinker with this and make changes over time. the real question comes from me. if, indeed -- >> it's like the titanic, you tinker your way through the fog. the question becomes if and when the president...
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but now i'd also like to know from kathleen sebelius how am i going to respond. i am getting thousands of requests from -- reaching out to my office telling me that their health care premiums are going up and that their health care plan that they have is being cancelled. how do i respond to that. those are the questions i'd like to know. >> have you asked anyone in north carolina why the state didn't start its own exchange, knowing that there was going to be a 3.5% increase on all those people in your home state of north carolina that would seek insurance that that bill would be larger than other states? >> the reason that the exchange was not set up in north carolina is because of the vast failure that we've seen. we've seen -- >> but you wouldn't have known about any glitches or gaffes. you won't have known about any glitches or gaffes going into it. we have kennect in kentucky doing great, maryland is doing very well. those are examples that we have seen where a success rate is building. why wouldn't north carolina preemptively try to build its own exchange fo
but now i'd also like to know from kathleen sebelius how am i going to respond. i am getting thousands of requests from -- reaching out to my office telling me that their health care premiums are going up and that their health care plan that they have is being cancelled. how do i respond to that. those are the questions i'd like to know. >> have you asked anyone in north carolina why the state didn't start its own exchange, knowing that there was going to be a 3.5% increase on all those...
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sebelius will testify wednesday and also wednesday, president obama takes obama care on the road to massachusetts, a state that's been running insurance exchanges for half a decade. mass is sets the precedent that many in healthcare.gov enrollment will spike the closer we get to the deadline. the irs says 330,000 americans are far enough into the process to find out how big of a subsidy they'll receive. a good indicator of how many people are signing up. but the site faced another glitch. data system that verifies applicant information crashed. 36 states using federal exchanges and the 14 states that run their own. >> friend of the show josh barrow is back, editor of business insider, he is a boston guy. perhaps the answer came from what the healthcare.gov website needs is a pep talk from david ortiz, referring to nice pep talk that big papi was giving the guys in the dugout in the game that led to that winning the game. part of the problem is there's a big project giving the pep talk, part of the problem is we have folks in the democratic party that say we need to push the deadline back. but the
sebelius will testify wednesday and also wednesday, president obama takes obama care on the road to massachusetts, a state that's been running insurance exchanges for half a decade. mass is sets the precedent that many in healthcare.gov enrollment will spike the closer we get to the deadline. the irs says 330,000 americans are far enough into the process to find out how big of a subsidy they'll receive. a good indicator of how many people are signing up. but the site faced another glitch. data...
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secretary kathleen sebelius is to testify this week before congress as some republicans continue to call for her ouster. and even democrats now are urging change, ten senators calling for open enrollment to be extended beyond the current end date of march 2014. we wanted to help you understand some of the impact of the president's health care plan around the country. we're going to talk to the ceo of florida's largest health insurer cancelling 300,000 of its policies just this week. we're going to talk to him in just a moment. but first i want to turn to democratic senator steve beshear, republican governor john kasich in neighboring ohio. i wanted to take this out of washington because in kentucky you set up your own health care exchange. in ohio, governor kasich, you declined to do so until the federal government comes in to do that. let me start with you. the president says there is no excuse for this terrible rollout for obama care through the website. are you as frustrated with how all of this has started? governor kasich? >> is that to me? >> yes. >> yeah. well, look, david, the pr
secretary kathleen sebelius is to testify this week before congress as some republicans continue to call for her ouster. and even democrats now are urging change, ten senators calling for open enrollment to be extended beyond the current end date of march 2014. we wanted to help you understand some of the impact of the president's health care plan around the country. we're going to talk to the ceo of florida's largest health insurer cancelling 300,000 of its policies just this week. we're going...
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should it be kathleen sebelius? >>el with, ed, i think we have a long ways to go before we can say it goes to the top. we certainly want to get the website fixed, but we shouldn't fix ate on the website and that's unfortunately what i think my republican colleagues have begun to do is fix ate on the website. we have to work together to make it work well. we want americans to get covered. the most important thing about the affordable care act isn't a website. it's that millions of americans will finally have an opportunity to get quality health care. and that's what we should really focus on. so absolutely, we should hold people accountable. but right now we're trying to determine who should be accountable. any time you take taxpayer money and taxpayers have paid for this, you should be held accountable. so those private contractors who took taxpayer money to do the work, those health personnel who are working on this for the different government agencies, we have to figure out who should be held accountable. and by
should it be kathleen sebelius? >>el with, ed, i think we have a long ways to go before we can say it goes to the top. we certainly want to get the website fixed, but we shouldn't fix ate on the website and that's unfortunately what i think my republican colleagues have begun to do is fix ate on the website. we have to work together to make it work well. we want americans to get covered. the most important thing about the affordable care act isn't a website. it's that millions of...
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kathleen sebelius. >> donny deutsch and nicole wallace. patiently drudging through three hours of red sox adoration. we miss you. tell us how did kathleen sebelius do here yesterday? >> probably as well as could be expected. it's really hard to defend. the website roll out is one thing and they will get that fixed. it's embarrassing i think for them to have to come up and explain this and defend a major disaster, but i think as the president said, this is not just a website. it's much more. the things that will be harder to defend are the canceled policies and all the things that are hitting middle class americans now. the real problem the administration has with the health care plan. >> nicole wallace? >> we haven't seen this in a long time. i opened up "time" magazine this morning and they are pointing to problems in the president's credibility. "the washington post" is talking about the falsehoods he uttered when he told the people if they liked their plan they could keep it and if they liked their doctor, they can keep him or her. how
kathleen sebelius. >> donny deutsch and nicole wallace. patiently drudging through three hours of red sox adoration. we miss you. tell us how did kathleen sebelius do here yesterday? >> probably as well as could be expected. it's really hard to defend. the website roll out is one thing and they will get that fixed. it's embarrassing i think for them to have to come up and explain this and defend a major disaster, but i think as the president said, this is not just a website. it's...
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republicans are also chomping at the bit for wednesday when kathleen sebelius will come before congress to explain what's going on with healthcare.gov. they gave a preview of what to expect on the sunday shows. >> the president has been poorly served in the implementation of his own signature legislation. >> the incompetence in building this is staggering. >> the rollout is the least of the problem. the rollout looks like a disaster, but in my state, most ohioans are going to pay higher costs. >> but over the weekend it was bill clinton who fired back defending the law and the site. >> look at america today. we've got to implement this health care law. the computer deal will get fixed up, don't worry about that. everybody has forgotten, by the way, that when president george w. bush, a republican put that medicare part d drug program in, it was more unpopular than the health care law and they had terrible problems with the computers. >> over the weekend, yet another problem emerged with the site. a critical data center was shut wn
republicans are also chomping at the bit for wednesday when kathleen sebelius will come before congress to explain what's going on with healthcare.gov. they gave a preview of what to expect on the sunday shows. >> the president has been poorly served in the implementation of his own signature legislation. >> the incompetence in building this is staggering. >> the rollout is the least of the problem. the rollout looks like a disaster, but in my state, most ohioans are going to...
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secretary of hhs kathleen sebelius faces questions on capitol hill wednesday after healthcare.gov went down over the weekend adding fuel to the criticism and more fodder for snl. >> i have a number of friendly tips to help you deal with those problems. for example, have you tried restarting your computer. sometimes it helps to turn the computer off and turn it back on. we don't know why. it just does. >> poetic license, the literally legend maya angelou joins us this hour. children's love for books. >> good day, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. edward snowden's leaks keep coming faster than the white house can even respond. over the weekend the nsa claimed president obama had no idea angela merkel's personal cell phone was tapped back since 2002. so how credible is that denial? joining me now is chuck todd nbc's white house correspondent, political director and host of "the daily rundown." "new york times" white house correspondent mark landler who had a fascinating interview with national security adviser susan rice. that was in the sunday times. mark, first to you. this white house
secretary of hhs kathleen sebelius faces questions on capitol hill wednesday after healthcare.gov went down over the weekend adding fuel to the criticism and more fodder for snl. >> i have a number of friendly tips to help you deal with those problems. for example, have you tried restarting your computer. sometimes it helps to turn the computer off and turn it back on. we don't know why. it just does. >> poetic license, the literally legend maya angelou joins us this hour....
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followed by a few claims of hhs sebelius obama didn't know about problems of the health care website before the launch. the white house frequently has given a variation on this theme. the question, what did obama know and when did he know it? answer not much and about a minute ago. i mean not much and about a minute ago. and so now we're hearing that from other people that he did know for five years that angela merkel and allies have been -- i mean this is bad. >> the length of time that the program has been under operation or at least the lent of time it has been published with various world leaders. if he did not know, if you choose to believe the president of the united states and i believe the president of the united states, i want to believe the president of the united states. >> some reports suggest he signed off on it. >> if he did not know why didn't he know? the larger question is do we have an out of control national security agency? do we have a secret government in the shadows of government that the president of the united states and elected official doesn't know about. >
followed by a few claims of hhs sebelius obama didn't know about problems of the health care website before the launch. the white house frequently has given a variation on this theme. the question, what did obama know and when did he know it? answer not much and about a minute ago. i mean not much and about a minute ago. and so now we're hearing that from other people that he did know for five years that angela merkel and allies have been -- i mean this is bad. >> the length of time that...
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here is their interpretation of kathleen sebelius. >> still need guns? consult healthcare.gov's frequently asked questions for topics like "what the hell," "how have i been on the same page for three hours," "does obama care cover mental issues caused by this website." and the most frequent is "who the government." and then a postcard with the word help to u.s. government. attention internet problems, washington, d.c. and in six to eight weeks you'll receive an informational brochure along with a trial version of incarta encyclopedia plus 1,000 free hours of aol. >> everybody hates paperwork. >>> up next, despite the problems with the federal health care website, the system's working and working well on the state level on states, that is, who want it to work. in those states. that's bad news for the haters out there. you're watching "hardball," the place for politics. i got this. [thinking] is it that time? the son picks up the check? [thinking] i'm still working. he's retired. i hopeng. i hope he saved enough. who matters most to you says the most about
here is their interpretation of kathleen sebelius. >> still need guns? consult healthcare.gov's frequently asked questions for topics like "what the hell," "how have i been on the same page for three hours," "does obama care cover mental issues caused by this website." and the most frequent is "who the government." and then a postcard with the word help to u.s. government. attention internet problems, washington, d.c. and in six to eight weeks...
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today, secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius testified before a republican house committee on problems with the rollout of the health care law. one republican congressman told her she was not in kansas anymore. another told her, he thought he saw her riding her bike in kansas when she was a child. it was a weird hearing. at one point, the secretary just said whatever. in the middle of an answer at a particularly badgering nonsense moment with a republican member of congress. the republican plan on health care was to pretend like it was not the law. then it was to shut down the government to demand that it not be the law. now the plan is maybe sort of trying to make it better. at least demanding that it be better and demanding answers for why it is not better already. when the problems with obama care start to be resolved as they were in massachusetts when that state's law rolled into effect over a period of months and years, when the problems with this nationally start to settle out and it starts to work, then what should we expect from the republicans? the success of the m
today, secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius testified before a republican house committee on problems with the rollout of the health care law. one republican congressman told her she was not in kansas anymore. another told her, he thought he saw her riding her bike in kansas when she was a child. it was a weird hearing. at one point, the secretary just said whatever. in the middle of an answer at a particularly badgering nonsense moment with a republican member of congress....
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secretary sebelius has said in effect the buck stops with me. and you have rnc chair reince priebus calling on her firing. some dems also agree to that. even robert gibbs said that some people in charge of this launch should be fired. why have no heads rolled after a foulup this big? >> well, know, i think basically you've got an awful lot of hands into the experiment here with different contractors piecing together the rolling out of the program. and i think right now, the spirit of cooperation collaboration to get this done is much more overruling than having to assess blame in any location. that will come. there will be a review of how this happened. but right now, let's get to work. let's get this running because people do want to enroll. i think they see this as a major benefit. this is one of the biggest health care reform insurance reform launches since medicare a number of years ago in the early '60s. >> may i ask you before i let you go about the budget talks on the hill? there's been talk of the elusive grand bargain on spending taxes
secretary sebelius has said in effect the buck stops with me. and you have rnc chair reince priebus calling on her firing. some dems also agree to that. even robert gibbs said that some people in charge of this launch should be fired. why have no heads rolled after a foulup this big? >> well, know, i think basically you've got an awful lot of hands into the experiment here with different contractors piecing together the rolling out of the program. and i think right now, the spirit of...